Stephen Kent Ehat

Stephen Kent Ehat has a J.D. degree (1981) and as a California attorney he researches and writes appellate briefs for California attorneys in state and federal matters. He has been a student of chiasmus since 1973. He and his wife Jeanine moved to Utah in 2001 and live in Lindon, Utah. They are the parents of five sons and have twenty-one grandchildren.

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Chiasmus in the Book of Jarom

by Stephen Kent Ehat | undefined 64 | 05-09-2025

Abstract: Jarom strongly evidences the use of chiasmus to structure his short book. This paper seeks to uncover, display, and discuss the chiastic patterning of the book and hopefully suggests an enhanced understanding of the hidden beauty and deep meaning of this brief but important text. The book of Jarom indeed offers more than what […]

Asymmetry in Chiasms, With a Note About Deuteronomy 8 and Alma 36

by Stephen Kent Ehat | undefined 59 | 12-01-2023

Abstract: Some students of the Book of Mormon have claimed that chapter 36 of the book of Alma is structured as a chiasm. Some of the proposals depart from perfect symmetry, presenting elements of the suggested chiasm seemingly out of sequence. This has often been pointed to as a weakness in the proposed chiasm or […]

Centered on Christ: The Book of Enos Possibly Structured Chiastically

by Stephen Kent Ehat | undefined 58 | 09-29-2023

Abstract: The book of Enos is considered to be a short, one-chapter treatise on prayer, yet it is more. Close examination of its text reveals it to be a text structurally centered on Christ and the divine covenant Enos seeks and obtains from Him a covenant to preserve the records of the Nephites for the […]

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